Pentti Matikainen (born October 5, 1950 in

Joensuu Joensuu (; krl, Jovensuu; ) is a city and municipality in North Karelia, Finland, located on the northern shore of Lake Pyhäselkä (northern part of Lake Saimaa) at the mouth of the Pielinen River (''Pielisjoki''). It was founded in 1848. T ...

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) is a Finnish hockey coach and general manager. He was selected the

SM-liiga The SM-liiga (marketed as just Liiga from 2013 on), (Finnish for ''League'') colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. It is one of the six founding leagu ...

coach of the year in 1984. As the coach of the Finnish national ice hockey team, he led Finland to silver medals in the

1988 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 57 , athletes = 1,423 (1,122 men, 301 women) , events = 46 in 6 sports (10 disciplines) , opening = February 13, 1988 , closing = February 28, 1988 , opened_by = Governor General Jeanne Sauvé , cauldron ...

and the 1992 World Championships, and to third place in the

1991 Canada Cup The 1991 Labatt Canada Cup was a professional international ice hockey tournament played in August and September 1991. The finals took place in Montreal on September 14 and Hamilton on September 16, and were won by Canada. The Canadians defeate ...

. Matikainen was the coach of

HIFK HIFK, the Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, Helsingfors (IFK, Helsingfors) rf (officially abbreviated IFK Helsingfors, colloquially often Helsingfors IFK or Helsingin IFK ) is a multi-sport association based in Helsinki, Finland. Formed in 1897 on ...

from 1987 to 1990 and its CEO from 2001 to 2008.

Coaching awards and honours

head coach * ''(1)'': Calgary 1988 (Winter Olympics) * ''(1)'': 1992 IIHF World Championship * ''(1)'':

* Izvestia Trophy ''(1)'': 1989 *

''(1)'': 1986–87 * SM-liiga, ''(5)'': 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1995–96

References

* 1950 births Living people Jokipojat players Mikkelin Jukurit players SaiPa players Finland men's national ice hockey team coaches People from Joensuu Sportspeople from North Karelia {{Finland-icehockey-bio-stub